Crawling around underneath the cars in the early sixties I don't recall any
black painted parts...all (trucks, brake equipment, etc.) were uniformly
mineral red/brown. Don't think I was under any Chinese Red painted cars
though; those seemed to get the black trucks and I would assume if the
undersides got any attention they might have been black as well. Probably
all the above are true as the shop guys seemed to do what they wanted to
(within limits). I would have to check my photos and references, maybe
Marshall's referenced research project will yield such information.
Charlie Vlk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: muffie [mailto:muffie@i...]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 6:20 PM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: CB&Q NE-1 Waycar (Caboose) #14497 Now in
> Mundelein, IL
>
>
> All standard mineral red waycar paint jobs would include the
> BR herald. Prior to the early '40s, the herald would usually
> have the full black background. This was phased out during
> WW II. You mention "black trim". If, by this, you mean
> handrails and other ironwork, or perhaps window frames, it is
> someone's idea of "cute", but has nothing to do with the Q's
> real world.
>
> The mineral red paint scheme officially included black
> underbody and trucks, but this appears not to have been
> universally applied. It's difficult to tell. They may
> originally have been mineral red *or* black, but with a few
> months of unwashed road dust, no color difference might be
> obvious <grin>.
>
> Contact me off-line . . . I am in a research project which
> will yield even more details for you soon.
>
> As a BR fan, let me congratulate and thank you for choosing
> to preserve some Burlington history in as authentic a manner
> as possible!
>
> Marshall Thayer
>
>
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